Olănești Explained

Olănești
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Moldova
Coordinates:46.4944°N 29.9236°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type2:District
Leader Party:PLDM[1]
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Petru Marcov
Area Total Km2:53.39
Elevation M:44
Population Total:4,456
Population As Of:2014 census
Population Footnotes:[2]
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:MD-4225[3]
Area Code:(242) x-xx-xx

Olănești is a village in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova.[4]

On 23 February 1932, in front of Olănești, at the Soviet bank of the Dniester river, 40 out of a group of 60 unarmed ethnic Romanians from Transnistria who were attempting to escape from the Soviet Union into Romania were massacred by Soviet border troops and by agents of the State Political Directorate (GPU). Victims included women and children. The massacre was discussed on 26 February in the Parliament of Romania, but no measures were taken. Soviet authorities treated all acussations as "capitalist propaganda".[5]

From May 26, 1941, to June 1959, the village was the administrative center of the abolished Olănești District.

Population

By Population Census 2004 in Olănești live 5297 people (2511 men, 2786 women).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015 . ro . . 2015 . 2016-04-15.
  2. http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=479 Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014
  3. Web site: Coduri poștale - Republica Moldova . ro . . 2016-05-01.
  4. http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Clasificatoare/CUATM_rom.zip Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM)
  5. Unul dintre cele mai cumplite masacre cărora le-au căzut victime românii sa produs la 23 februarie 1932, pe Nistru. Cristian. Negrea. Memoria. Revista Gândirii Arestate. 98–99 (1–2). 65–70. 2017. ro.